YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. An agreement was signed between Yerevan State University (YSU) and the Sofia Antipolis University (Nice) on September 20. The agreement envisages cooperation and exchange of programs between the two universities. In the words of the YSU rector Aram Simonian, the University of Nice is a classic higher educational institution, and the agreement is also important in that YSU is now undergoing reforms, while the University of Nice has much experience to pass to YSU in terms of regulating the issues related to the Bologna process. "The signing of the program is not an ordinary agreement. Only 40-45 out of over 100 agreements signes are working," the rector said. The agreement envisages close cooperation in the spheres of science and education and an exchange of experts and students. The senator - mayor of Nice Jacques Peyrat said that their university is in third place in France by the number of specialities taught (11). The university has 26 thousand students and 62 research centers. "Like you, we have signed numerous, namely, 400 agreements with various universities around the world. This agreement is the 401st one," he stated. "The signing of this agreement gives you access to the Icanet, a scientific research center, whose members are Brazil, Russia, France and Vatican. The center aims to collect and process the data transferred by all satellites in the space, which will allow to form a notion of other worlds existing outside us, " the mayor of Nice informed those present. He invited the Armenian side to visit the Icanet center next year, which will be of great use for the Byurakan observatory.

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